Telegram-herald., 1887-02-26
Which Refers - Chicago as
Done Up hy ~Jlms tbs
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Night Music q 'es csocsst
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aafFy. aa@e.y "Doa e" AAd - 60
saalad ~Clioago by n'gas lasl evening bui
nay paspose ie lhgs seeing tns elephant
was a purely busioess enc, As ! vas coal'
raissiOaej by papsr here . a. fo4ne aud
see Il lasfs Ezs mueh improvement "a esr-
tain quarters slu1e TIE licenses 0i several
notorious evil d0ers Tad been taken from
them. I have been ro4na the slams 0f
m0st II the Important towns Ia ine world.
Inducing NeN YORK London. Paris, bef-
! ilu Eiiubugh. Glasgow, LYerpoDl and.
away n the ia 0ii ORIENT / have seen tae
! biz elephant, ana the lllf.e elephant, IA TIE
slums Of C4lcutta atl NoEohoua- I fltlst
say Tor a cosmoQ0itan cily oi the size -
Chicago wfh IL Heterogeneous uass 81
floating population has lt compares favor
/ ah.r Wiln ans ~ tie assoYe tJVns. Il does
/ So al .eas. ia this rezpe1E thar there arr no.
( tbe scenes az squaiid Yice agce as may be
+ witnessed ia many cf the large f)feisn
/ towne Vice Ia Chicago 81 50 Tar deeeuf'T
clothed and Goes not appall one win lts
| opsn brutality But on tie othef hand I
/ have never been round a Town where the
| laws against vice are 80 strlc. where Il Is
rracficed with such open impunlfy. Take
anmDiing. lor instance. The laws against
| ganfblins here are very strict yet an no
| town in the world not even ln the lar west,
Will YOU see gambling more openly pursuet
I than u IS IA Chicago. Everything IS one
continual gamble from the board OF trade
/ down 10 the Nicer game OF craps. On
I Clark ST. which msy be really said TO be
/ th, principal th0gougblare OF the city, you
can lind half q dozen houses q fun bias
/ dag and night where You can gamble any
taing from 4 nickel 10 i've hundred dollars.
, There is nOI 3 par. OF the city, north side,
south side, west side or east slee.
but what has Is gambling
houses And yet the authorities say gam
bling is not permitted So, too, with tue
/ closing OF saloons after twelve. That ordi-
nance is dead and you can get as full as
| liddlers dog any time after twelve, and n
anv part OF the city. The same thing may
| be said about prostitution. Every nov and
| again the cells IN the various stations are
| filled 10 overowing with "uniortunates
| who have been run in By the police,
| principally because the business has been
| bad and the "uni0rtunates' have been un-
! able 10 pony up" To the police. The ilt OF
morality is only temporary, however, anq
| few days afterwards the streets are thronged
| with them once aTain Certain streets are
| crowded with concert saloons, which are
| filled with these women. and u is against
| them that the recent splurge o. morality
has been made. Last night visited several
, Of what IS known as 'tbe levee,' and found
| Ilftl Ill OOit4E = lNAiAIk tAoAnNe9s AAN
| music l,l furnished was OF the most
| ear splitting description and generally con-
sisted OF a piano, sadly out of tune,
| wheezv ooTnet, and fiddle screpc3 n such
| a way as 80 make the listener cTcap. The
| principal LIQUID drunk was beer, and many
OF ihe men, and most Of the women, looked
as if they had been put IN Il barrel Of Il and
/ !efl to s0aE for months. Cod what iaCes
some of them had All trace OF woman
! hood al trace Of snything tender anything
loyable, had departed
on looking a. crowd of them 7 was re-
n rinded OF Alexander Smiths lines IL his
Drama Of LIFE
eNld the tide Of human beings bow itsurgcs- how
cod v6ei base ignob.e faces, God what bodies
wanting SOILS.
The faces Of the men were in many cases
but little removed from those OF the brute
beasts, and were in appearance fit c0mpsn-
ions for the women. Tough was written
in their drink bespotied faces, and others
had tue stamp of the peniteniiary as dis
tinctly marked as II they wore the stripes
"All men are born equal perhaps So. but
] dare swear, all men don live equal In
one dive Ofa peculiarly low type, saw a
! sigh that was enough 10 Sdcoei ne. IL Nas
a young grl certainly not more than six
teen years Of sgo sud she looked younger.
She had hair OF that rich Furnished gold
that one secs in italian pictures. aud u sur
/ rounded q face as beautiful, and 20 look al,
as pure as an angel. The smile she gave
me when . sat down and spoke TO her was
Is innocent and cbIdlike a. that Of any
pamDered darling and hcg hands were
small and delicate Bat heavens. When
she opened that little rosebud mouth a
minute or two afterwards 70 slang 4
waiter who had offended her. what q tor
5 rent Of turbid iilth i3sued from the baby
ike lips she could give points in oaths &
any s3vee tough. the little hands wefs
clencbed in anger and the bluc eyes flashed
{ fire The whole face was transformed
! Then. the iit passed and she was once niors
, the bsov faced inuDCe3t She came from
tae East sna sol and when ! asked be
| why she d.du quit such life, she feplie,
. that sbc liked The '-exctemsnt' You So
/ &c have music every uigai. and on, 10 8
| love music she auecd. Music. Poor chill.
the music she heard faere cfeIy night va
rhe sort of music imagine the devils n hei
a delight ~ dance faudsngo O.. Aud ys
fhs Is city where me laws against iave
3 nile prostitution ara very strict w0ul.
un4ertasr % lire hglf q dozen houses 81 ~
fame harborug children uFdtr rs years o
(. arc bat where 4as the mr1aTsEty ct Ion
r don as exposed bv tie P1N sfgA Gazette 81
= thoroughly denoun .ea 81 la Caica2of A.
how msuT ef or rfope s11 Fas tors ne
= up hes hsnfs in aclg harrcr and thsakf
z I it1d th3Y Stfs nos ~ oiaet Aten -
: From tae leEes J went 81 "biler-aTe..
q el'ch loErsls unfar lae Tefv s1at0H o
= Harrison Street. Police s.Gr0n. ard when
(. ssm4 8EtGe .8wess a8sses call fae Mayo q
i this eaiH eiV oHneI ~ c9urse De xurlEt
them. ard as isr 3 he Is s1rI sJ 90 EnoN
y .1ef Ere t1ol0asaiE f6sle asis- Bier
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